This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mA1.2ACIB/398.1 Message Board Post: The answer to your question depends on how far back you want to go. Several persons named "Menard" emigrated from France to Canada, beginning in the seventeenth century. Several variations of Menard exist, since in French "Menard" sounds like "MAY-nar", thus: Mesnard, Menar, Menars, Maynard, Manor, etc. For a complete discussion of the Menard name see Michel Vincent, Noms de famille; familles de noms (Paris: Librarie Pion, 1987). Your Menard ancestor probably immigrated from France during the seventeenth century. Keep digging to find out which one!